Grove Life Winter 2020

Player’s Corner Dan Pendola, Head Golf Professional I n this edition of Player’s Corner, I would like to discuss the benefits and importance of instruction and club fitting with our new Flightscope 3D radar tracking system. Our new Flightscope 3D radar tracking system records many different variables involved in how you swing the club, and how that affects the golf ball. When I teach using the Flightscope, I use many of the parameters the

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system offers. They use measurements like face to path or FTP, angle of decent, spin axis, spin loft, all scientific mumbo jumbo that we Golf Professionals use to make you a better golfer. The good news is you don’t need to worry about those terms. You only need to worry about the feeling needed to produce the numbers we are looking for. All this is to optimize your performance and get the most out of your swing speed. We can even show quantitative feedback on how certain movements can increase your swing speed. When I do a driver fitting especially, I can usually help players gain substantial distance by looking at one key parameter, Angle of Attack. Angle of attack is defined as the vertical (up-down) angle at which the club head is moving at impact. Most golfers have a descending angle of attack with their driver of three or more degrees downward. In simple terms, the driver head is traveling downward as it contacts the ball. One of the main reasons why some of the longest hitters smash their drivers high and far is because they have a positive angle of attack, or in simple terms again, they hit up on the ball with the driver. For example: A player who swings 75mph but has an attack angle (or hits down on the ball with the driver) of -5 degrees, can potentially be as much as 25 yards shorter than someone who hits up on the ball + 5 degrees. There are a number of reasons why a positive angle of attack produces more distance. I will offer tips getting you to feel how to properly swing more upward with the driver. One way Angle of Attack can help you produce more distance is it’s correlation with another parameter called SpinRate. Playerswhohave a negative angle of attack generally produce a higher back spin rate. With the driver we want a high launch and low back spin to produce the most distance. A higher spin rate generally equates to less carry distance and less roll. Most people try to hit the ball lower to gain more roll but if they were properly fit, they could have the best of both worlds, more carry and the roll they are looking for. We encourage everyone to setup a fitting to ensure you are getting the most out of your equipment and your swing. Come by the Golf Shop and ask us about maximizing your distance using our new Flightscope technology.

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